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supermoon

[ soo-per-moon ]

noun

, Meteorology.
  1. a full moon that purportedly looks larger than normal when it coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth.

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Origin of supermoon1

First recorded in 1975–80 super- ( def ) + moon ( def )

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